“A Minute with Mee” Ep 4 A quick review & look ahead after the half way point of the weanling sale season I will be attending Great Southern & New Zealand Bloodstock Weanlings in June ☎️📞 for more info pinhook.com.au Aushorse Aust Trainers Assoc Federation of Bloodstock Agents Australia #Pinhook #Value

Melbourne Racing Club committee member Barbara Saunders has quit her role with the club just days after raising concerns with chairman John Kanga about the pending departure of chief executive Tom Reilly and the appointment of a new chief operating officer. 📖 Read more:

One of Australia’s biggest punters says the local system no longer supports turnover. With professionals under pressure, what happens next? 📲 Read → thestraight.com.au/the-trajectory…

Less than four months after meeting to discuss the possibility of a merger, the Victoria Racing Club and the Melbourne Racing Club could not be further apart on the issue. Bren O'Brien ponders whether it was the consolidation of power which spooked the VRC. 📖 READ MORE:

Peter V’landys told The Straight's Tim Rowe that Racing NSW was “awaiting a review of Pattern Guidelines being finalised by Racing Australia” before pressing its case for the Golden Eagle to join The Everest as a Group 1 race. thestraight.com.au/hows-zat-group…

The NSW government is expecting a $170 million shortfall on previously projected Point Of Consumption Tax revenues over the next four years, but Queensland is expecting its betting taxes to increase over the same period. thestraight.com.au/contrasting-st…

🎙️STRAIGHT TALK | Ep 31 Join podcast hosts Bren O'Brien and Tim Rowe as they talk through this weeks hot topics: 🌩️ Storm Boy's Australian return Coolmore Australia 🏇 Shaping top stallions 📺 Racing WA Thoroughbred joins Racing.com 🩺Racing Victoria's updated vet

Derby winners. A Triple Crown champion. A Slipper hero. China Horse Club is one of racing’s most successful international players. This is how Teo Ah Khing built a model that stands on its own two feet. 🔗 thestraight.com.au/youve-got-to-t…

Nine stables. 200 horses. One bold new era. Godolphin has revealed its Australian training roster post-Cummings handing the reins to a powerhouse mix of NSW and VIC trainers. 📍Who landed what: 🔗 thestraight.com.au/the-chosen-nin…

An amazing result for the LaurelOakBloodstock bred Slipper winner, FIREBURN - with her dam still retained by Louis. One of seven Australian bred mares to sell progeny JRHA-SELECT SALE grossing A$11.94m - at an average of over A$1.6m. A hugely successful sale all round 🇦🇺 🇯🇵

It was a delight to speak to 𝑭𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒆. Fin has worldly experience and interesting views on a range of subjects

Three candidates are vying for the chairmanship of the Australian Turf Club as the board attempts to unite a fractured membership after an extended period of bitter infighting about the sale of Rosehill. thestraight.com.au/trio-vies-for-…

🇲🇾 18 months on the sidelines. Brazilian jockey Lai Lai De Souza has been banned and fined RM50,000 (AU$18k) after a sensational fall in Malaysia that went viral on social media. 📉 The horse was a short-priced fav. 🔗 Full details: thestraight.com.au/18-month-ban-d…

A simplified racing model with designated training centres and industry-operated suppliers would be the best way to bring down the cost of thoroughbred ownership and resurrect the business model of trainers, according to Will Freedman. thestraight.com.au/wills-way-how-…

Carl Spackler warming up at Harry Eustace's this morning The Straight

🎙️STRAIGHT TALK | Podcast Join hosts Bren O'Brien and Warwick Barr as they look at this weeks news: 🎉 End of the racing season 🔮Upcoming stories for 25/26 season 🚗 Henry Dwyer Racing talks on Asfoora as they head to Goodwood ⛰️Landmark moments of the breeding season 🙌🏼

Asfoora has arrived on course Goodwood Racecourse and while the ground may not be to her liking, it’s safe, she’ll run and she’ll pull up well. Thanks to BritishRacingSchool for their help with pony ‘Caspian’.

Where can one get these New Zealand Bloodstock glasses being modelled by Gareth Hall Goodwood Racecourse?

Buyers from around the world, including a Swiss owner inspired by an Netflix series about the Kentucky Derby, have helped push the Saratoga Sale hit a new benchmark with a US$100 million start to the North American yearling sale season. By Tim Rowe thestraight.com.au/the-netflix-ef…

Insightful piece from Bren O'Brien